03357cam a2200373 i 4500 609691241 TxAuBib 20230113120000.0 220608s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022026360 9781524746322 HRD 29.00 1524746320 HRD 29.00 TxAuBib rda White, David Fairbank, 1951-, author Wings of war. Wings of war [BOOK] : the World War II fighter plane that saved the Allies and the believers who made it fly / David Fairbank White, and Margaret Stanback White. New York : Caliber, [2022] x, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-314) and index. Part one: The plane in the dream -- Hypnotized -- Flugzeug Konstrukteur -- 100 days -- Death from above -- A turbine like a typhoon -- The butcher bird -- High noon -- Part two: Bird in a cage -- The best sport in the world -- A one- man crusade -- A cross- country shuttle -- Cash and corruption -- Huddle in the orange groves -- Picked off like geese -- Black Thursday -- Part three: Hawk of heaven -- A maverick fighter ace -- The jig was up -- Death of a jockey -- An endless roar overhead -- Big brother,little friend -- Oil run -- A perfect show -- Closing the ring -- Buzz bombs and doodlebugs -- Fighter boys -- A last throw of the dice -- Twilight for the Reich. When the P-51 Mustang began tearing across European skies in early 1944, the Allies had been losing the air war for years. Staggering numbers of bomber crews, both British and American, had been shot down and killed thanks to the Luftwaffe’s superior fighter force. Not only did the air war appear grim, but any landing of troops in France was impossible while German fighters hunted overhead. But behind the scenes, a team of visionaries had begun to design a bold new type of airplane, one that could outrun and outmaneuver Germany’s best. Wings of War is the incredible true story of the P-51 Mustang fighter and the unlikely crew of designers, engineers, test pilots, and army officers who brought it from the drafting table to the skies over World War II. This is hardly a straightforward tale of building an airplane—for years, the team was stymied by corruption within the defense industry and stonewalled by the Army Air Forces, who failed to understand the Mustang’s potential. But when squadrons of Mustangs were finally unleashed over Hitler’s empire, the Luftwaffe was decimated within months, clearing the skies for D-Day. Provided by publisher. 20230113. United States Army Air Forces History. Great Britain Royal Air Force History. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Europe. Mustang (Fighter plane) History. Fighter pilots United States Biography. Fighter pilots Great Britain Biography. White, Margaret Stanback, author.